Holistic Analysis of Household Decision-making - Adoption of Agricultural Technologies and Development in Ethiopia

Informationen zum Autor Yohannes Kebede Gebre-Mariam is an environmental and energy economist and social scientist. He received his B.Sc. degree in agricultural economics from Addis Ababa University (now Alemaya University, Ethiopia), his M.Sc. degree in agricultural economics and his Ph.D. degree from a multidisciplinary program involving the departments of agricultural economics, economics, anthropology, and applied cognitive psychology from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Presently, he works as a senior economist for Government of the District of Columbia and as an adjunct professor economics and management with University of Phoenix and Florida Keys Community College. Klappentext The processes and consequences of household decision-making are investigated using multi-disciplinary research methods involving statistical, mathematical, psychological, anthropological, and econometric techniques brought together in a holistic manner. This study focuses on various technologies within the Ada and Selale regions of the Central Ethiopian Highlands. Zusammenfassung The processes and consequences of household decision-making are investigated using multi-disciplinary research methods involving statistical! mathematical! psychological! anthropological! and econometric techniques brought together in a holistic manner. This study focuses on various technologies within the Ada and Selale regions of the Central Ethiopian Highlands. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter I: prelude to Technology Adoption and Decision-MakingChapter II: Technology and Agrarian Development in Ethiopia: The Historical Origin of the Peasant PredicamentChapter III: From Households to Region: Background and Design of the StudyChapter IV: Review of Methods of Household Decision Analysis and Model SelectionChapter V: Cognition and Decision-Making: Goals, Strategies, Information, and KnowledgeChapter VI: The Institutional Basis for Decision-MakingChapter VII: Technology Adoption and RiskChapter VIII: Production Structure, Efficiency and Risk in Peasant AgricultureChapter IX: Structural Relations Between Socio-Economic Variables and Production EfficiencyChapter X: Conclusions and RecommendationsAppendicesBibliographyList of FiguresList of Tables...

Product details

• Authors: Yohannes Kebede Gebre-Mariam, Gebre-Mariam Yohannes Kebede
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2011
• EAN: 9780761856412
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5641-2
• No. of pages: 362
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, Environmental Economics, International Economics, Management decision making, Agribusiness & primary industries, Agronomy & crop production, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade, Primary industries